Wrapping-paper printer and cutter.



No. 688,784. Patented Dec. l0, 190i. H C KESTEL WRAPPING PAPER PBBNTEB AND CUTTER.

(Application filed Mar. 15, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ounce.

HENRY O. KESTEL, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO HALLWOOD CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A COR- PORATION OF NEWV JERSEY.

WRAPPING-PAPER PRINTER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 688,784, dated December 10, 1901. Application filed March 15, 1901. Serial No. 51,274. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. KESTEL, of Toledo, county of Lucas, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wrapping-Paper Printers and Cutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to IO make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

' My invention has reference to an improved I 5 wrapping-paper printer and cutter, and em bodies certain novel features of construction hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing the general arrangement of the parts of my invention, one of the side pieces or standards being removed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation showing the relative position of the type-roller, the guide-rollers, the platen-roller, and the cutting-bar. Fig.

3 is a side elevation of the extension 4 ofthe standard 2, showing the inking, type, and platen rollers and the cutting-bar in dotted lines. Fig 4: is an enlarged longitudinal section of the type-roller, the guide-rollers, and

the parts which cooperate therewith. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective of the type-roller.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the disk 13, showing the same keyed to the shaft 9. Fig. 7 is a detached perspective of the guide-roller 3 5 11. Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing the preferred means for interrupting the rotation of the type-roller, the disk 21 being partly broken away. Fig. 9 is an elevation to further disclose the operation of the type-roller, showing the end of the guide-roller 11, and the inking and platen rollers are shown in section.

Referring to the parts in detail, 1 is an ordinary paper-roll suitably mounted between standards to permit of unwinding the same,

the standards being designated by the numeral 2.

3 is a transverse brake-bar of metal, suitably guided between standards 2 and adapted to exert a tension by gravity upon the roll 1.

4 represents extensions of the standards 2, between which are journaled the type-roller 5, theiuking-roller 6, and the platen-roller 7. The platen-roller is in the form of an ordinary cylinder. The inking-roller is provided with an ordinary surface of absorbent material adapted to absorb ink, which is transferred by contact to the printing-surface upon the type-roller. 6o

8 is a cutting-bar suitably pivoted at the ends thereof in proximity to the platen-roller.

9 is the shaft upon which the type-roller is mounted, and 10 and 11 are guide-rollers, loosely mounted upon the same shaft on either side of the type-roller. The type-roller is of less diameter than the guide-rollers 10 and 11 and is provided upon its face .at 12, the same being indicated in dotted lines, Fig.

2, with a flexible cast-rubber impression-sur- 7o face, which is secured thereto by cementation or otherwise. It is obvious that metal type may be employed for printing in the application of my invention and that simple means may be devised for fastening the type to the face of the type-roller. I prefer, however, to employ a cast-rubber impressionsurface, as the same is inexpensive and easily attached to the surface of the type-roller.

13 is a disk adapted to rotate with the shaft 9, being keyed thereon by means ofa key 13. The type-roller is bored out centrally to permit the shaft 9 to pass therethrough.

14 is a pin projecting from the end face of the type-roller, the same being adapted to enter one of the perforations 15 provided in the disk 13. By this means the type-roller can be adjusted at various angles about the shaft 9, and the same will be rigidly connected to rotate therewith. The type-roller is counterbored at 16, and the guide-roller 10 is similarly counterbored at 17. In the space thus formed and encircling the shaft 9 is a coiled spring 18. Secured upon the shaft 9, near the end of the same, is a collar 19, which forms a shoulder to hold the guide-roller 10 in position upon the shaft, the type-roller 12 being held in normal position by the tension of coiled "normally occupies a position within the periphery of the disk 21, being held in this position bya spring 25. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9.)

26 is ahook formed on the pawl 22, extending inwardly and adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel 27, secured upon the end of guide-roller 11. Upon the pawl 22 adjoining the hook 26 and extending outwardlyis a lug 28, adapted when in extended position,

as in Fig. S1, to contact with a suitable stop upon the frame, which is shown as a pin 29.

The cutting-bar 8, as has hereinbefore been stated, is pivoted adjacent to the platen-roller 7, a space 30 intervening, when the cuttinghar is in its normal position, through which the wrapping-paper is directed as it is drawn from the roll 1. Pivot-ally connected with the cutting-bar is a plate 31, provided with alongitudinal slot 32, which operates with the screw 33 to guide the plate longitudinally when the cutting-bar is tilted. The end of the plate 31 is bentat a right angle at 34and occupiesa position in proximity to the periphery of the disk 21 in the path of rotation of the pawl 22. The cutting-bar is pivoted so that the greater portion of its weight will be disposed alongits outer orcntting edge, which will, as a consequence, normally occupy a lowcred position, while the inner edge of the cutting-bar and the plate 31 will take a raised position.

In Fig. I have shown the means employed to insure contact of the rollers with each other. It is essential for the perfect operation of my invention that the impression-surface upon the type-roller and the accompanying guiderollers be in resilient contact with the platenroller and also that the inking-roller be in resilient contact with the type-roller. To accomplish this, I provide slidable bearingblocks 35, adapted to carry the ends of the inking and type roller shafts, the same being guided in suitable ways provided in the eX- tensions 4. 36 are com pression-sprin gs adapted to exert a tension upon the bearing-blocks 35. By the means described contact of the rollers is insured.

The operation of my'invention isas follows: The wrapping-paper is directed between the type and the platen rollers and also between the platen-roller and cutting-bar, as shownin Fig. 1, and a small section of it drawn through. The lower end of the pawl 22 being held in a depressed position by the bent arm 34 of the plate 31, as shown in Fig. 9, the lug 28 on the upper end of the pawl 22 will be in contact withthe stop 29, and the tooth 26 will be disengaged from the teeth .of the ratchetwheel 27. This position will cause the shaft Between the guide-roller 1U and 9,and consequently the type-roller 5,to remain stationary, while the withdrawal of the paper rot-ates the guide-rollers l0 and 11, the platenroller, and the inking-roller. The first section of paper withdrawn will be unprinted and is severed by drawing it upward against the cutting-bar and tearing it across from one side to the other. In severing the paper the outer edge of the cutting-bar is tilted upward, the bar returning by gravity to its normal position when the paper is completely torn off and the upward pressure released. Tilting the bar in the manner described causes the plate 31 to assume a loweredposition, and the lower end of the pawl 22 will be released, the spring 25 forcing the same outward, the upper end 24: of the pawl being at the same time retracted, the tooth 26 on the pawl engaging with an adjacent tooth on the ratchet-wheel 27. Ratchet-wheel 27 being attached to the guide-roller 11, it is obvious that when the wrapping-paper is again drawn outward the guide-roller 11 and the shaft 9 will rotate in unison, and as the type-roller is attached to the shaft 9 by means of the disk 13 and the pin 14 the same will also be rotated. \Vhen the pawl 22 has nearly completed a single revolution, the lower end thereof will contact with the under surface of the bent arm 31 upon plate 31, and the same will be depressed to cause the tooth 26 to become disengaged from the ratchet-wheel 27, and the lug 28 upon the pawl will again contact with the stop 29, and the type-roller will cease to rotate. The printed section of the wrapping-paper is torn off, as before, by which operation the device is again tripped and placed in readiness for printing the next section of paper which may be drawn out.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a wrapping-paper printer and cutter, an intermittingly rotatable type carrying roller, an inking-roller in rotatable contact with the type upon said type-carrying roller and rotatable independently thereof,a platenroller and guide-rollers rotatable independent-ly of said type-carrying roller, and means actuated by the free end of the paper operated upon for controlling the intermittent rotation of said type-carrying roller.

2. In a wrapping-paper printer and cutter, an intermittingly rotatable type carrying roller, inking, platen and guide rollers rotatable independently of said type-carrying roller, a cutting-bar, and means actuated by said cutting-bar for controlling the intermittent rotation of the type-carrying roller.

3. In a wrapping-paper printer and cutter, a type carrying roller, inking, platen and guide rollers, rotatable independently of said type-carrying roller, interlocking mechanism intermediate said type-carrying roller and one of said guide-rollers, automatic means for disengaging said interlocking mechanism, a cutting-bar and means controlled bysaid outting-bar for relookin g said intermediate mechanism.

4. In a wrapping-paper printer and cutter, a shaft suitably mounted in a frame, a typecarrying-roller sleeve on said shaft, an in kingroller adjacent thereto and independently rotatable thereof, guide-roller sleeves mounted loosely on said shaft on either side of said type-carrying-roller sleeve, a platen-roller also loosely mounted in said frame adjacent to said type-carrying and guide rollers, said platen-roller and guide-roller sleeves adapted to receive between them the free end from a paper-roll, a cutting-bar suitably mounted in said frame, and means actuated by said cutting-bar and the free end of the paper-roll for causing intermittent rotation of said type-carrying-roller sleeve.

5. In a wrapping-paper printer and cutter, rotatable inking and platen rollers, a typeroller, a cutting-bar pivoted in advance of the platen-roller, means for interrupting the rotation of the type-roller after the same has completed asingle revolution, and means connected with the cutting-bar and actuated by the free end of the paper operated upon for releasing the type-roller to permit further re volution of the same.

6. In a wrapping-paper printer and cutter, rotatable inking and platen rollers, acuttingbar pivoted in advance of the platen-roller, a type-roller mounted upon a rotatable shaft, guiderollers mounted to freely rotate on either side of said type-roller, a ratchet-wheel secured upon one of said guide-rollers, a disk keyed upon the type-roller shaft in proximity to the ratchet-wheel upon the guide roller, a pawl carried by said disk, means for disengaging said pawl from said ratchet-wheel, to interrupt the rotation of the type-roller, and a stop upon the frame adapted to engage the aforesaid pawl and positively stop the typeroller.

7. In combination, rotatable inking and platen rollers, a type-roller mounted upon a rotatable shaft, guide rollers mounted to freely rotate on either side of said type-roller, the ratchet-wheel secured upon one of the guide-rollers, the disk keyed upon the typeroller shaft in proximity to the ratchet-wheel upon the guide-roller, a pawl carried by said disk, the stop upon the frame adapted to engage said pawl, the cutting-bar pivoted in advance of the platen-roller, and the longitudinallymovable plate pivotally connected with the cutting-bar and adapted to engage the aforesaid pawl, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a wrapping-paper printer and cutter, an intermittentlyrotatable type carrying roller and a platen adapted to receive between them the free end of the paper, mechanism for severing the paper, and means actuated by said severing mechanism for controlling the intermittent rotation of said typecarrying roller.

9. In a wrapping-paper printer and cutter, a printing mechanism which is actuated by the movement of the paper and which is normally in inoperative relation to the paper, a manually-controlled device for severing the paper, and means controlled by said device for throwing said printing mechanism into operative relation with the paper during the printing of a single impression.

10. In a wrapping-paper printer and cutter, a printing mechanism, a manually-controlled device for severing the paper, means controlled by said severing device for throwing said printing mechanism into operative re lation with the paper during the printing of a single impression, and means for automatically throwing said printing mechanism out of operative relation with the paper after each impression.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY O. KESTEL. Witnesses:

CARL H. KELLER, CHAS. E. SMAcK. 

